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Meanwhile, a housing official in Zhengzhou, Henan, was also placed under investigation on Friday after it emerged his daughter, who is in her 20s, was the listed owner of eleven flats. The Chinese media found that the family has flipped a total of 308 flats so far, amassing 60 million yuan in profit.

China's new leader, Xi Jinping, has promised to stamp out corruption. He underlined the seriousness of his intention at a Politburo meeting to mark the end of the year, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.

On Wednesday, the Chinese state media wrote that officials would continue to be exposed by internet sleuths, and that a new law designed to force internet users to register using their real names would not harm their freedom of speech and ability to accuse officials of wrongdoing.